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His cheeksלְחָיָוare like a garden bedכַּעֲרוּגַתof balsam,הַבֹּשֶׂםtowersמִגְדְּלוֹתof aromas;מֶרְקָחִיםhis lipsשִׂפְתוֹתָיוare lilies,שׁוֹשַׁנִּיםdrippingנֹטְפוֹתmyrrhמוֹרthat flows.עֹבֵר
Song of Songs 5:13
Study it in the app“His cheeks are like a garden bed of balsam, towers of aromas; his lips are lilies, dripping myrrh that flows.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 5:13, word by word
- His cheeksלְחָיָlechaya
cheek
The soft side of the face, where one is struck or caressed.
Where else “lechaya” appears- are like a garden bedעֲרוּגַתarugat
bed (of a garden)
A raised bed in a garden.
Where else “arugat” appears- of balsamבֹּשֶׂםbosem
spice, balsam
Spices with a pleasing smell; balsam.
Where else “bosem” appears- towersמִגְדְּלוֹתmigdlot
tower
A tall, strong structure, for keeping watch or defense.
Where else “migdlot” appears- of aromasמֶרְקָחִיםmerkachim
spice
A fragrant herb, spice.
Where else “merkachim” appears- his lipsשִׂפְתוֹתָיsiftotay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “siftotay” appears- are liliesשׁוֹשַׁנִּיםshoshanim
lily
Lily: a white flower. In the temple, an ornament shaped like a lily on capitals and rims. Also the name of a tune in the titles of psalms, and of the city of Susa.
Where else “shoshanim” appears- drippingנֹטְפוֹתnotfot
drip
To let fall drop by drop, like rain or honey.
Where else “notfot” appears- myrrhמוֹרmor
myrrh
Myrrh: an aromatic, bitter resin from a shrub.
Where else “mor” appears- that flowsעֹבֵרover
pass over
To pass, be gone; "pass over" a wrong is to forgive it.
Where else “over” appears
The context
12His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathing in milk, sitting beside the abundance.
13 · This verse (above)
14His hands are cylinders of gold set with chrysolite; his belly a plate of ivory covered with sapphires.